单词 | unparliamented |
释义 | unparliamentedadj. Without parliamentary status, authority, or endorsement. Also: without a parliament. ΚΠ 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iv. 24 Such a grand difference is there now..between the Irish Rebels,..who may do what they please..; and the English (now un-Parliamented) Parliament. 1659 P. Heylyn Certamen Epistolare 362 Having slighted by the name of a black Swan, a single instance of an unparliamented inpowred Convocation. 1836 Morning Post 7 Jan. It appears he has been in much wrath with the little fry of unparliamented Lordlings and briefless Barristers with whom the project in question originated. 1887 Nineteenth Cent. Apr. 541 Little more than two of our five unparliamented years have gone by, and what a change has taken place! 2000 O. Johnson Rehearsing Revol. ii. 80 What was also being consumed is unparliamented authority. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1643 |
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